Subcategories Within the Emerging Genre of the Verse Novel

Vikki van Sickle

Abstract

The verse novel is a form of literature that has especially captured the attention of the young adult audience. Consequently, this form has received a lot of critical attention in the past few years, much of which has been dismissive or sceptical. This essay demonstrates how the verse novel is a diverse postmodern genre by analysing the similarities and differences in a variety of works and placing them in subcategories that exist within the wider definition of verse novel.